--- title: "Changelog: what's new in Kalpana" description: "What's new in Kalpana: features, improvements and fixes to templates, batches, AI tools, agents and integrations, as they ship." url: https://kalpana.one/changelog --- # Changelog: what's new in Kalpana Features, improvements and fixes, as they ship. ## October 2026 ### New: design templates with your AI assistant 21 October 2026. Ask Claude or ChatGPT for a post and get an editable template in your brand, checked and saved in your workspace. Read the post: https://kalpana.one/blog/introducing-the-designer-mcp ### New: webhooks for finished batches and creatives 20 October 2026. Tell Zapier, Make, Slack or your own server the moment a batch finishes or a creative renders. On paid plans. Set up a webhook: https://docs.kalpana.one/docs/webhooks ### New: cancel a batch or a single job 20 October 2026. Stop renders you no longer need from the batch page or your assistant. Cancelled jobs are never charged. ### Videos from your AI assistant 20 October 2026. Ask the batch MCP for MP4 or GIF versions of an animated template, one video per product. See the MCP servers: https://kalpana.one/mcp ### See what every assistant can reach 20 October 2026. Connected assistants show each connection's MCP server, workspace and permissions, and API keys now live on the organization page. Read the guide: https://docs.kalpana.one/docs/account/connected-assistants ### Fixed: renders stuck in processing 20 October 2026. A render that times out now ends as failed, so you can run it again instead of waiting. ### One-click text effects 17 October 2026. Give any text layer a neon, outline, sticker, glitch or shadow look, and it stays editable text that fills from your data. ### API keys for one workspace 16 October 2026. Give each key one workspace and only the permissions it needs, and change them later. Read the post: https://kalpana.one/blog/introducing-safer-integrations-with-scoped-api-keys ### See where you are signed in 16 October 2026. Settings lists your active sessions, so you can sign out one device or every other one. ### Pick Google Drive files with Google's picker 14 October 2026. Import images and choose the save folder in Google's own file picker; Kalpana only sees the files you pick. ### Virtual try-on for clothing photos 11 October 2026. Put a garment on a model from the asset library or a batch row, for 2 AI credits. Try it: https://kalpana.one/blog/virtual-try-on-for-clothing-photos ### Every page of a template from one sheet 11 October 2026. The batch builder renders the post, story and link ad pages together, each output named by its page. See template pages: https://kalpana.one/features/template-pages ### Large images in the Figma plugin 10 October 2026. The plugin offers to compress images over 5 MB, so big frames send without errors. ### Remove backgrounds from product photos 7 October 2026. Get a clean cutout on a transparent background for 1 AI credit. Try it: https://kalpana.one/blog/remove-background-from-product-photos ### Upscale photos 2x or 4x 7 October 2026. Sharpen low-resolution product photos for 1 AI credit. Try it: https://kalpana.one/blog/upscale-low-resolution-product-photos ### Clone a batch to run it again 7 October 2026. Copy a batch into a draft with every row in place, then change only what moved, like prices or photos. ## September 2026 ### A post, a story and a link ad in one template 28 September 2026. Keep every size of a creative as pages of one template and fill all of them from the same sheet. See template pages: https://kalpana.one/features/template-pages ### Pages and layer search in the editor 28 September 2026. Reorder, rename and describe pages, search layers and collapse them all in one click. ### Size presets by platform 26 September 2026. Pick an artboard size grouped by channel, including X image ads. ### One product list, every template in the campaign 17 September 2026. Campaign feeds send the same rows through the square post, the story and the banner in a single batch. See campaign feeds: https://kalpana.one/features/campaign-feeds ### Image Catcher for Chrome 13 September 2026. Catch product images from any web page and send them straight to your asset library. Get the extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kalpana-image-catcher/ilhiojninljnhbaiagnaojmgnljohhli ### Let Claude, ChatGPT or Grok run the batch 8 September 2026. Connect an AI assistant and ask for a campaign in plain words; it finds the template, checks the rows and builds the batch. See the MCP servers: https://kalpana.one/mcp ### Save creatives to Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox 8 September 2026. Send one creative, a selection or a whole folder to a connected cloud folder. See how: https://kalpana.one/blog/save-creatives-to-google-drive-dropbox-onedrive ### Invite your team 6 September 2026. Bring people into your organisation and its workspaces from the new invitations page. ### Colour expand, free 1 September 2026. Grow a photo's canvas onto a solid colour or a gradient, with no AI and no credits. See how: https://kalpana.one/blog/extend-product-photo-to-story-size ## August 2026 ### Product photos placed by the subject 31 August 2026. Smart placement keeps the product in frame on every row, not just the centre of the photo. ### Min and max sizes from Figma auto layout 30 August 2026. Auto layout children keep the min and max width and height your designer set, so cards grow with their text up to a limit. ### Paste or drop images anywhere 27 August 2026. Drop or paste images on the assets page; they are optimised and de-duplicated as they upload. ### Google Sheets as a data source 25 August 2026. Connect a sheet once per workspace and load its rows into any batch. Connect a sheet: https://kalpana.one/integrations/google-sheets ### Organisations, plans and credit top-ups 24 August 2026. One page for workspaces, people and billing, with monthly plans and one-time credit packs. See pricing: https://kalpana.one/pricing ### Import images from a link 24 August 2026. Bring images in from a URL, limited to the domains your workspace allows. ### Regenerate failed rows 24 August 2026. Run a failed job again without rebuilding the batch. ### Name files from your data 22 August 2026. A file name column names every creative a batch makes. See how: https://kalpana.one/blog/name-creatives-from-your-data ### Generative expand for product photos 20 August 2026. Turn a square product shot into a story or a banner without cropping or a reshoot. See how: https://kalpana.one/blog/extend-product-photo-to-story-size ### Figma constraints that hold 5 August 2026. Layers keep the constraints your designer set in Figma when a frame resizes. See Figma import: https://kalpana.one/features/figma-import ## July 2026 ### Animate any template, export MP4 and GIF 5 July 2026. Keyframes, easing and presets turn a static template into a video ad for every row. See video generation: https://kalpana.one/features/video-generation ### Text reveals by word or letter 4 July 2026. Bring headlines in word by word or letter by letter, with timing you can edit on the timeline. ### Edit every layer in the browser 2 July 2026. Change fills, strokes, effects and layout flow without going back to Figma. See the editor: https://kalpana.one/features/template-editor ### Recolour any layer per row 1 July 2026. Give each row its own colours, and set image fit, zoom and pan per row. ### Previews that redraw as you type 1 July 2026. Every row previews free, on the same engine that makes the final files. Try the live demo: https://kalpana.one/live-demo